Candidates list declared for JNUSU polls; Kanhaiya not contesting elections

September 01, 2016 20:44

All India Students Federation, of which sedition accused Kanhaiya Kumar is a member, is not contesting JNU student Union polls this year for which the final list of candidates was declared here today.

Last year, AISF had for the first time independently contested elections and opened its account in the union polls with Kanhaiya, who was elected for the President's post.

During his tenure as JNUSU President, Kanhaiya became centre of a major controversy when he along with two other students was arrested in a sedition case over an event on campus during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

This year, AISF which is the student wing of the Communist Party of India has decided to offer internal support to the alliance of All India Student Association and Student Federation of India.

This is for the first time that AISA, the student wing of Communist Party of India (MarxistLeninist) and SFI have formed an alliance for JNU polls which has been named as "Left Unity".

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